Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-22
GEORGIA.
lbany is to have another bank.


Near Sparta.
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lug MhIeuseNiIe LIsHt manu-!
making every preparation loi Tue cuuleet
"a Macon. Ihey nave Plcheu els utee , vi
.ne COMPANY 10 enleT 'ne coHtesU an" "'e
ofliiihg every night
TWO years ago King Marks. OF Athens,
gave Mr.. MiGdlebrOOks, Of OcOnee cOun-
~, cav. ms same cat was oluu ~
.ahsh 10 Alhehs ie" ual a+o anu le't
an yesleI sure !. Rp' oue v. .nG SUI e
enu "euI 10 hing haiha IooHi "HeIO IL
nao oeeh raised
sam Mliigan (colored }, was brought out
OF jail by Sheriff Wier, at Athens, lew
nays ago, and from his general makeup
the sherin thought that sam oad pee u
stealing the blankets out OF mis- cell
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According TO the last census the popu-
latlon OF Hancock county IN 1901 was
only 1888 greater than II was In loOU.
mere was falling on IN tue numoer
from 1870 down to loi0, IN which year only
S,eJ9 are reported. ms was caused oy
emigration 10 other counties and states.
Sdhce lo4o me Popu!alioh oil tne county
"aS IncIe@seu near! lV0 pc, cent
I'D State Committee OF the founR
men CHRISTIAN Association mas sue
cetded IN geltlng - II. Altman, GENERAL
. secretary oI the Newark y. D., Assoclh-
i Ton 10 attend tue convention Wnlcn VIII
ne he!u at COiulhous. Marco o! 10 April o.
MI: Altman is at present holdlhg evan
"A A I
1ahta' ana Is prominent ASSOCIATION
"o' Aer'
a irelgnt car winch went IN TO Albany
on the savannah, Florida and western
railroad thursday haG Oeen rooDeu- Inc
car was closed and the seal ala not appear
10 nave oeen broken, out TWO or tnree
cases OK clothlng ana Oarrel OF sugar that
were 10 tue car nad Deen broken open.
several SUITS mad been taken from each
pox, anu the sugar barrel had also been
ioDOed OF part OF its contents
ar. McCanerty' VINO has been selling
lhu'es IN ALneDe al auction lnaue new
departure at the sale saturday. The bid
ulhs was not qulte as iVely as the auc-
tloheer tnougnt IL shOuld De, anu be look
twenty ooIlar golu piece ana oheIed IL
10 the hlgnest Dlduer. some itIlOW IN the
CROWD olu $40, ana theh tue Didulng De-
came nVeiy as they saw tnat McCanerty
was In earnest. II was sold TO j, II.
heaFes lor SIS oO.
Charles Gary, the little negro whose
legs were badly crushed by being run
over by train near Danes ferry a few
weeks ago, is getting along finely at the
hospital at Macon. The morning after
the accident ne was carried 10 the hos
pital Win one leg broken ana the other
30 irlghtfully crushed That the foot looked
As II u had eeen twisted on the ankle.
Dr. wright amputated the crushed leg
AND put the other IN spllnts. 70 &
Habersbam county is now in a better
condition financially than she has been
for years. The county is out OF debt
excepting some orders held by Mr.. Alley,
which have been contested. All expenses
of the court Just passed aud all pauper
expenses to date will be paid on demand
Tax for county purposes this year will
rot be over Doc. on the 500, and probably
iOc. The court and grand jury seem de-
termlned 10 break up the whisky business.
Friday night a negro cabin on jerry
Gray's plantation, near WintervIlle, was
destroyed by fire, and three negro chill
dren that bad been locked up ia the house
by their mother were burned to death
The mother Of the children had the visit
iN fever, and her desire to hold a chat
with her neIghbors caused her to lock the
children up. During her absence the
Cull0Ten SET IRE 20 the CABIN ana Eeflsle0
in the flames. A negro house on John
0bIurt's place, near Maxeys, was burned
the other night, aud two negro children
perishea IL 'hls cvhhas;atioh'
A company, 10 be known as the Forest
vile and Frlnlup CITY Street Railway
Company, has been formed at Rome for
tue purpose oil constructing street rail-
way through PTintup City and Forest
Vile ana suburbs with ample capital al
ready guaranteed. At called meeting
of the FOrestVille Council Saturday the
privilege OF constructing the road through
oil their streets was unanimously granted
and all conflicting ordinances repealed.
Application has been drawn up and will
lie presented, asking Tor charter, at the
adjourned term Of toe Legislature. Mean
time work Will be commenced at once
aud pushed TO completion.
=. ALBANY News and Advertiser: Col,
sSeisou INT, tue founder OF Albany, says
kfhat where the main part OF The city now
stands was once one OF the most heavily
inferred forests be ever saw. when |
Fht out Broad street." be said, 1.-The felled
frees were so thick mat you could have
walked on them from one end OF the OPEN
Ing 10 the other almost without touching
tue ground" It's little remarkable
= hat the man who laid out Albany should
VET b. mere. q bale. nc Qrty. active man